Is there a correlation - Provent runners and RMS failure?

RJM · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:59 pm

shvlhead78 wrote:

i purchased a CRD with 34,500 and now have 39,850 on it it had a provent on it when i bought it . I live about 20 min from St. Louis MO and we have had the coldest winter in a long time and it has caused me no problems. The wife drives 56 miles round trip to work and it sits outside 8 hours in the cold, and still the provent performs flawlessly. i do no not understand how and why these freeze up on some CRD owners. I do keep it very clean of oil residue and the 34.00$ filter is changed at the recommended time as said by Mann.
I also recently changed oil , added a bigger filter and increased the volume to 7 quarts of oil. I can say that the CRD seems to enjoy the added volume it is a little quieter at idle and the blow by to the provent is less do not know why but after 2 weeks of use and 56 miles a day 5 days a week the filter is not yet completely wet with oil.

Collapsed hose??

Patrick Henry · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:41 pm

shvlhead78, Where are you getting Provent filters for $34?

shvlhead78 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:16 pm

Correction 32.95 that is here is the link

http://www.928gt.com/p-40363-provent-ai ... rator.aspx

928 specialist is what to look for

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:51 am

shvlhead78 wrote:

i do no not understand how and why these freeze up on some CRD owners. I do keep it very clean of oil residue and the 34.00$ filter is changed at the recommended time as said by Mann.

I suspect the reason mine froze up and started "Burping" oil is because of my short trips. Most of the time my longest trip of the week is to Wally world and that's only about 8 miles on the interstate. Me and my CRD are retired and she only has 36,700 miles as of this morning. I used to drive that in a year for many years in a row. It does not bother me at all when my CRD sits for 3 or 4 days in a row without moving :SOMBRERO:

Come spring the provent might go back on but for now it's on the shelf. As Warp mentioned either on this or another thread, a plugged breather either from a stopped up provent or a frozen EHM could cause oil problems in the turbo :dizzy:

Is there a correlation - Provent runners and RMS failure?

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